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| B-0008126 | biography | John Watt (Jack) Grossert | 1913 | – |
| B-0008806 | biography | Sokhaya Charles Nkosi | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0009226 | biography | Frank Wiles | 1881-1963 | – |
| B-0008402 | biography | Caesarina Kona Makhoere | 1955 | – |
| B-0009119 | biography | Oliver Tambo | 1917-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0070720 | biography | Sefako Mapogo Makgatho | 1861-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0008273 | biography | Linda Komape | 1949 | – |
| B-0007982 | biography | Paul De Groot | 1878-1942 | ✓ |
| B-0068451 | biography | Richard Gert Sibande | 1907-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0009261 | biography | Michael Gagashe Zondi | 1926-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0007775 | biography | Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett | 1953-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0007834 | biography | Cassim Mohammed Bassa | 1925-1983 | – |
| B-0008239 | biography | Johannes Jane Tane Kekana | 1840-1887 | – |
| B-0009071 | biography | Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu | 1954 | ✓ |
| B-0080054 | biography | Sadie Forman | 1929-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0064875 | biography | Dr Essop Essak Jassat | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0094430 | biography | Billy Modise | 1930-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0095146 | biography | Amy Thornton | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0008669 | biography | Monty Johannes Motloung | 1957-2006 | – |
| B-0008275 | biography | Moses Kottler | 1892-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0009238 | biography | Dorothy Joan Wright | 1911-1991 | – |
| B-0068086 | biography | Eduardo Mondlane | 1920-1969 | – |
| B-0008339 | biography | Anton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski | 1953-1989 | – |
| B-0007965 | biography | Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther | 1800 | – |
| B-0067743 | biography | Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long | 1891-1922 | – |
| B-0064794 | biography | Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu | 1931-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0007937 | biography | Janet Mary Cherry | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0148778 | biography | Ismail Jacob Mohamed | 1930-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008349 | biography | Noria Mabasa | 1938 | ✓ |
| B-0008756 | biography | Jeannette Ndhlovu | 1953 | ✓ |
BiographyJohn Watt (Jack) Grossert
He was born in 1913 in Tweedie, KZN. He was a painter and graphic artist of landscapes, portraits and still life. He worked in oil, watercolour, ink, wash,…
BiographySokhaya Charles Nkosi
Sokhaya Charles Nkosi was born on 27 January 1949 in Durban.From 1974 to 1976 Nkosi studied painting, graphics, sculpture, weaving and ceramics at Rorke's…
BiographyFrank Wiles
Frank Wiles was born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles. Prior to his arrival in SA…
BiographyCaesarina Kona Makhoere
Caesarina Kona Makhoere was born near Pretoria in 1955. Her father was a policeman and her mother worked as a domestic worker. At a young age she was forcibly…
BiographyOliver Tambo
Early years Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (more popularly known as Oliver Tambo or OR) was born in the village of Kantilla, Bizana, in the Mpondoland …
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe…
BiographyLinda Komape
Linda Komape was born in Gauteng (then Transvaal) in 1949. She did not enter politics at an early stage in her life, but went through a difficult time with her…
BiographyPaul De Groot
Paul de Groot was born in Surabaya, Indonesia on 11 January 1878. Paul de Groot received training for the stage at the Toneelschool in Amsterdam. His directors…
BiographyRichard Gert Sibande
Richard Gert Sibande was a leader among farm workers in the eastern Transvaal. He was an African National Congress (ANC) activist, and one of the first-string…
BiographyMichael Gagashe Zondi
Michael Zondi was born on 10 March 1926 in Msinga in Greytown, Natal. Zondi spent his childhood at a Swedish Lutheran mission station at Mtulwa, Natal. He…
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
Neil Hudson Aggett was born in Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy Aggett. He began his schooling in Kenya, and when his…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
Mohammed Cassim Bassa the estate agent and community leader was born on 11 August 1925 in India. He was the eighth of nine children of Mohammed Bassa, a…
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
Johannes Jane Tane Kekana was born in 1840 in Moletlane, near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele and the son of Lebelo Seroto and his wife…
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
Lindiwe Sisulu was born on the 10th of May 1954, in Johannesburg. She is the daughter of African National Congress (ANC) veterans, Walter and Albertina Sisulu…
BiographySadie Forman
A fierce non-sectarian and advocate for racial equality and women’s rights, Sadie Forman (nee Kreel) was born in 1929. Her father, Bunim Idel Krill, a Yiddish…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…
BiographyBilly Modise
Billy Modise was born on 8 December 1930 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). He received an Anglican scholarship which enabled him to…
BiographyAmy Thornton
Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it…
BiographyMonty Johannes Motloung
Motloung started his primary schooling at Mmuso Lower Primary School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at…
BiographyMoses Kottler
Moses Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth – some give it as 1892, others as 1896. As a child, his parents moved…
BiographyDorothy Joan Wright
Dorothy Joan Wright was born in Pretoria in 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied under Francis Pickford-Marriott at the Port Elizabeth…
BiographyEduardo Mondlane
Born in Manjacaze, Mozambique, the son of a tribal chief, Eduardo Mondlane worked for the UN and was also a History and Sociology Professor at Syracuse…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
Anton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski was born on 3 February 1953, in South West Africa (now known as Namibia), the second child of Wilfried Franz and Molly…
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed the signs of greatness and it was clear that he had a future. The country frequently…
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
Samuel Alfred Long was born in 1891 in Monmouthshire, Wales, Britain. Little is known of Long's early life, other than that he ran away from home when he was…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the…
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
Janet Mary Cherry was born in 1961 in Cape Town, where she was raised. Janet comes from a family committed to social justice. Her father, Robin, the Dean of…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
BiographyNoria Mabasa
Noria Mabasa was born May 10, 1938 in Xigalo in the Limpopo Province in South Africa. She received formal education for only one year, having to walk three…
Jeannette Ndhlovu
Jeannette Ndhlovu was born on 2nd October 1953 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Ndhlovu obtained her primary and secondary education in South…